- University of 2022卡塔尔世界杯买球app软件App下载 researchers are leading the National Epitaxy Facility, which will be a critical element of the UK’s scientific and industrial strategy on semiconductors
- Facility has been awarded £12 million in funding to enable world-class semiconductor research and development (R&D) in UK academia and industry over the next five years
- Semiconductors are of profound importance to a huge range of technologies that underpin modern society, 比如互联网, 智能手机, LED照明和电动汽车
- Semiconductor innovation is key to addressing areas of vital importance to the UK’s economy, 比如净零, 电气化, 电信, 医疗保健, 安全和量子技术
A major research facility that will support the UK in its position as a world-leader in semiconductor R&D is being led by researchers at the University of 2022卡塔尔世界杯买球app软件App下载.
国家外延设备, 2022卡塔尔世界杯买球app软件App下载之间的合作, 剑桥和伦敦大学学院(UCL), has been awarded £12 million in funding from UK 研究 and Innovation (UKRI) and will be a critical element of the UK’s strategy in semiconductor technologies.
Semiconductors are crucial to a huge range of technologies that underpin modern society, 包括互联网, 智能手机, LED照明和电动汽车. Their importance is being highlighted by the current global shortage of semiconductors, which has caused delays in manufacturing and shortages of popular products all over the world, 例如汽车制造业(迷你)及新游戏机(PlayStation 5).
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee has now launched an 对英国半导体行业的调查 to take stock of its capabilities and what the government can do to strengthen the sector amid concerns over the future of global supply chains.
国家外延设备 led by 2022卡塔尔世界杯买球app软件App下载 is built on more than 40 years semiconductor and epitaxy research in the University’s Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering. Its role is to deliver bespoke semiconductor wafers to world-class semiconductor research projects in universities and industry across the UK and to provide access to the expertise and resources needed to progress from basic discovery to mass manufacture for major economic/societal impact for the UK.
Since 2017, the facility has supported £122 million of research in 25 universities. 新的资金, 今日(2022年7月1日)公布, means the facility can continue to support world-class R&在未来的5到10年里.
Jon Heffernan教授, Director of the National Epitaxy Facility and Professor in Electrical Engineering at the University of 2022卡塔尔世界杯买球app软件App下载, 说: “I am delighted that UKRI has continued to fund and support the National Epitaxy Facility at this critical time for the UK to increase its technological innovation in semiconductors. Semiconductors have been the backbone of modern technological society for more than 60 years and the semiconductor industry has had an estimated overall economic value of around $8tn. Practically every aspect of our modern world is dependent on semiconductor devices, 从控制计算机的硅芯片开始, 移动电话, 飞机，甚至洗衣机, 上网, electric vehicles and LED lighting that has revolutionised global energy efficiency.
“The pace of innovation and the demand for more and more advanced technology means that semiconductors will continue to be one of the most important and critical technologies of the 21st century, 包括在新兴的重要领域, 比如量子计算和人工智能.
“Both the economic and strategic value of semiconductors is being recognised by all technologically-advanced countries. 在英国, semiconductor innovation is key to addressing areas of critical importance to our economy, 比如净零, 电气化, 电信, 医疗保健, 安全和量子技术. 国家外延设备 we’re leading from 2022卡塔尔世界杯买球app软件App下载 will support the UK’s research community in pioneering new types of semiconductor devices that will be the basis for future technologies.”
英国的电子工业, 其中半导体起着至关重要的作用, contributes £16 billion annually to the UK’s economic output, 使用300,12万人口,000家英国公司. 英国的光子学产业, 它也依赖于半导体, 每年有130亿英镑的经济产出, 使用69,000人跨越1,500家公司. The global market for compound semiconductor components is expected to reach $43 billion by 2025.
The UK has a strong industrial base in semiconductor manufacturing with leading companies such as IQE, Lumentum, Plessey and II-VI all manufacturing semiconductor-based products for global markets.
Professor Rachel Oliver who leads the University of Cambridge’s work in the facility 说: "I'm delighted that Cambridge will have the opportunity to continue to support the UK semiconductor community via the National Epitaxy Facility. The UK Semiconductor ecosystem is extraordinarily innovative, 在工业和学术方面, and is underpinned by the availability of state-of-the-art epitaxial materials. 通过新设施, such materials will be at the heart of future collaborations between world-class researchers, 推动现实世界的经济和社会影响.”
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